Authorities Investigate Fire At Princeton's Historic Stony Brook Meeting House

PRINCETON, NJ — A fire blazed through Princeton’s historic Stony Brook Meeting House on Monday morning, damaging parts of the structure.

Around 3:25 a.m. Princeton Police responded to 470 Quaker Road, the Princeton Friends School, for a commercial fire alarm. On arrival, officers found that a building on the campus, the Stony Brook Meeting House, was actively on fire, police said.

Both the exterior wooden awning and wooden porch on the west side of the structure were on fire and there was smoke condition on the inside, police said. The fire did not spread inside the building.

There were no reported injuries as a result of the fire.

The Princeton Fire Department, Princeton Office of Emergency Management, Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad, Hopewell Borough Fire Department, Montgomery Fire Department and Plainsboro Fire Department responded to the emergency.

The cause and origin of the fire are under investigation by the Princeton Police Department and the Mercer County Prosecutors Office.

First built in 1726, and then rebuilt in 1760 the structure is close to Princeton Battlefield State Park and is one of the first houses of worship in the area.

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